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Topic: Soffiati pieces (Read 2046 times)

These three pieces all have folded rims and unfinished but neat pontil marks; the flat oval vase has a retail label from the 1920s or 30s but I've been unable to make a match to anything in the Venini Catologo Blu. They're always close, though. The blue piece is particularly seedy.

The green vase on the left has all the looks of Vittorio Zecchin from the early 1920's apart from the handles, on the corresponding shape the handles curle out at the bottom and not under curle at the top, I think that makes sense.Not sure on the centre one at all, it looks a little too crudely made.The one on the right looks as if it could be by Napoleone Martinuzzi from around 1930, but again it's the handles that don't look quite right.Just my observations and probably not much help.Paul

Both the green ones are relatively light, the blue piece has more weight to it. The photograph was flashed against a white background so the reflection makes it look more sold than it is. To me the blue piece feels older than the green ones - it compares in weight and quality to a piece of Bordeaux glass from the late 18th century I have. The middle piece has a retail label from an art shop in Alkmaar from the late twenties/ early thirties - the time when they still had 4 digit telephone numbers. In that time the shop in question was also the main outlet for paintings from the Bergen school - an artist colony. So the period for that one is well established.The height of the two tallest ones is 19 cms (7. 1/2")